2 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs
index ad26a930829..583f6f2ae5f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use rustc_data_structures::stack::ensure_sufficient_stack;
 use rustc_errors::{
     AddToDiagnostic, Applicability, Diagnostic, DiagnosticBuilder, PResult, StashKey,
 };
+use rustc_lexer::unescape::unescape_char;
 use rustc_macros::Subdiagnostic;
 use rustc_session::errors::{report_lit_error, ExprParenthesesNeeded};
 use rustc_session::lint::builtin::BREAK_WITH_LABEL_AND_LOOP;
@@ -1652,6 +1653,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             && self.may_recover()
             && (matches!(self.token.kind, token::CloseDelim(_) | token::Comma)
                 || self.token.is_punct())
+            && could_be_unclosed_char_literal(label_.ident)
         {
             let (lit, _) =
                 self.recover_unclosed_char(label_.ident, Parser::mk_token_lit_char, |self_| {
@@ -1744,6 +1746,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         mk_lit_char: impl FnOnce(Symbol, Span) -> L,
         err: impl FnOnce(&Self) -> DiagnosticBuilder<'a>,
     ) -> L {
+        assert!(could_be_unclosed_char_literal(ident));
         if let Some(diag) = self.dcx().steal_diagnostic(ident.span, StashKey::LifetimeIsChar) {
             diag.with_span_suggestion_verbose(
                 ident.span.shrink_to_hi(),
@@ -2034,8 +2037,11 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             let msg = format!("unexpected token: {}", super::token_descr(&token));
             self_.dcx().struct_span_err(token.span, msg)
         };
-        // On an error path, eagerly consider a lifetime to be an unclosed character lit
-        if self.token.is_lifetime() {
+        // On an error path, eagerly consider a lifetime to be an unclosed character lit, if that
+        // makes sense.
+        if let Some(ident) = self.token.lifetime()
+            && could_be_unclosed_char_literal(ident)
+        {
             let lt = self.expect_lifetime();
             Ok(self.recover_unclosed_char(lt.ident, mk_lit_char, err))
         } else {
@@ -3763,6 +3769,13 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Could this lifetime/label be an unclosed char literal? For example, `'a`
+/// could be, but `'abc` could not.
+pub(crate) fn could_be_unclosed_char_literal(ident: Ident) -> bool {
+    ident.name.as_str().starts_with('\'')
+        && unescape_char(ident.without_first_quote().name.as_str()).is_ok()
+}
+
 /// Used to forbid `let` expressions in certain syntactic locations.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Subdiagnostic)]
 pub(crate) enum ForbiddenLetReason {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/pat.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/pat.rs
index 7918e03750c..55144c61650 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/pat.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/pat.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use crate::errors::{
     UnexpectedParenInRangePatSugg, UnexpectedVertVertBeforeFunctionParam,
     UnexpectedVertVertInPattern,
 };
+use crate::parser::expr::could_be_unclosed_char_literal;
 use crate::{maybe_recover_from_interpolated_ty_qpath, maybe_whole};
 use rustc_ast::mut_visit::{noop_visit_pat, MutVisitor};
 use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
@@ -443,11 +444,12 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             } else {
                 PatKind::Path(qself, path)
             }
-        } else if matches!(self.token.kind, token::Lifetime(_))
+        } else if let token::Lifetime(lt) = self.token.kind
             // In pattern position, we're totally fine with using "next token isn't colon"
             // as a heuristic. We could probably just always try to recover if it's a lifetime,
             // because we never have `'a: label {}` in a pattern position anyways, but it does
             // keep us from suggesting something like `let 'a: Ty = ..` => `let 'a': Ty = ..`
+            && could_be_unclosed_char_literal(Ident::with_dummy_span(lt))
             && !self.look_ahead(1, |token| matches!(token.kind, token::Colon))
         {
             // Recover a `'a` as a `'a'` literal